Chapter 1
"The 2000's decade definitely had quite a few influences on popular culture. 'Dawson's Creek' ended and was replaced by a new show, 'One Tree Hill', which filmed in the same town of Wilmington, North Carolina. There was also this new invention called the iPod, a little device that could hold over 100 songs. There were also these shoes made of foam called crocs."
"My name is Jeffery Longston, Jeff for short. In May 2000-something, I officially became certified to teach Algebra after getting my degree online. However, when you live in California, people don't typically want a teacher who got his degree online. So, that's when I started searching out-of-state. That's when I was hired to teach Algebra at William Penn Academy."
Jeff walked down the hallway of William Penn.
"August 2000-something, I officially began my time as the Algebra teacher."
Jeff entered his classroom and sat at his desk.
"I was starting my first day, and I was not going to start off on the wrong foot."
The bell rang and a group of teenagers entered the classroom.
"Good morning, class," Jeff said. "Welcome to your new year of school. I am Mr. Longston. You can only call me Mr. Longston. By the way, you're all late and you have detention."